assistantship

American  

[uh-sis-tuhnt-ship] / əˈsɪs təntˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a form of financial aid awarded to a student studying for a graduate degree at a college or university in which the student assists a professor, usually in academic or laboratory work.

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Etymology

Origin of assistantship

First recorded in 1690–1700; assistant + -ship

Example Sentences

“We urgently request a timely decision that allows us to recruit top international graduate students with an assistantship, irrespective of their nationality,” declares the petition, sent on 6 December to UF President Ben Sasse and senior UF leadership.

From Science Magazine

“It was a great pleasure to meet with you today and share my thoughts and excitement regarding the research assistantship for public safety,” Mr. Kohberger wrote in the email on April 12.

From Washington Times

Some graduate programs have graduate assistantship programs that receive free tuition and a small stipend for living expenses.

From Slate

In fact, the movie made working under Meryl Streep’s ice-cold editor seem simultaneously agonizing and alluring; watching Anne Hathaway’s Andy suffer in that hellish assistantship was only slightly less satisfying than seeing her succeed.

From Los Angeles Times

Casting around for a research assistantship, he ended up in the office of plasma physicist Herbert Bridge, a towering figure in space science who had overseen the cloak-and-dagger effort to dismantle and ship Harvard University’s cyclotron to New Mexico for the Manhattan Project during World War II. Bridge evidently saw a familiar spark in McNutt and invited him to work on a plasma detector for Voyager, the epic mission to the outer planets that began in 1977.

From Science Magazine